strand
verb/strænd/
/strænd/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they strand | /strænd/ /strænd/ |
| he / she / it strands | /strændz/ /strændz/ |
| past simple stranded | /ˈstrændɪd/ /ˈstrændɪd/ |
| past participle stranded | /ˈstrændɪd/ /ˈstrændɪd/ |
| -ing form stranding | /ˈstrændɪŋ/ /ˈstrændɪŋ/ |
- strand somebody to leave somebody in a place from which they have no way of leaving
- The strike left hundreds of tourists stranded at the airport.
- strand something to make a boat, fish, whale, etc. be left on land and unable to return to the water
- The ship was stranded on a sandbank.
Word Originverb Old English (as a noun), of unknown origin. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.
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